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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who begs the narrator not to burn the photograph of her mother she keeps on the mantelpiece?
(a) The old man.
(b) The ex-milliner.
(c) R.
(d) Professor Inui.

2. The unnamed narrator states that "it has been" how many "years since [the Memory Police] first appeared" (20)?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

3. In or on what piece of furniture did the unnamed narrator's keep her disappeared objects?
(a) A bookcase.
(b) A drafting table.
(c) A desk.
(d) A cabinet.

4. In Chapter 9, the Memory Police are said to be "appearing more often in the streets" (64) riding in trucks painted what color?
(a) Black.
(b) Dark green.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

5. The music box featured in Chapter 16 has "four small legs resembling" what type of animal's "paws" (143)?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A dog.
(c) A lion.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator begins to regret her trip to the Memory Police's headquarters when they present her with what object?

2. What kind of scientist was the unnamed narrator's father prior to his death?

3. When the narrator is no longer able to write novels, what does she type out over and over again?

4. The unnamed narrator's mother and father had liked to meet at what location during their courtship?

5. The narrator is perplexed by her new editor's question about what topic, since R had never posed the question to her?

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